Publix Super Markets will anchor a commercial development at RiverTown near Jacksonville, Florida. The 45,000-s.f. Publix will include a drive-through pharmacy. The development is part of the master-planned RiverTown residential community built by developer Mattamy Homes along the St. Johns River. The commercial development will offer adjacent retail shops and outparcels among its available space. […]
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The Shelby Report newsroom covers the grocery industry for retailers, wholesalers and suppliers. Staff reports include store openings, executive appointments, company announcements and industry event coverage. Since 1967, The Shelby Report has covered supermarkets, grocery chains and independent grocers through five regional editions.
Costco Southwest Stores Stock Beetnik Family Format Fresh Entrée
A new refrigerated family-serve meal from Beetnik Foods is now available at Costco stores in the Southwest. Beetnik Foods, an Austin, Texas-based organic food brand specializing in organic, gluten-free, humanely raised, grass-fed beef and chicken entrées, has launched a refrigerated product line of family format fresh entrées. Certified USDA Organic and gluten-free, Beetnik family-serve meatballs […]
Giant Food Partners With Philadelphia Phillies For 2019 Season
Giant Food Stores is the official grocer of the Philadelphia Phillies for the 2019 season and is celebrating with store promotions. “Like all baseball fans, Giant has been waiting for opening day since the end of last season. It’s finally here and to mark the occasion, we’re offering our customers many ways to celebrate their […]
PepsiCo Names New Foods N.A. Leader To Succeed Sankaran
PepsiCo Inc., headquartered in Purchase, New York, has appointed Steven Williams, currently SVP and chief commercial officer for Frito-Lay’s U.S. operations, to the role of CEO of PepsiCo Foods North America, which includes Frito-Lay North America and Quaker Foods North America, effective immediately. Williams will replace Vivek Sankaran, who will depart the company on April […]
Drake’s Organic Spirits Donates To MN Animal Rescue
Drake’s Organic Spirits is helping animals in Long Lake, Minnesota, with a donation to the Long Lake Animal Rescue. Drake’s Organic Spirits produces premium organic vodka, white rum, spiced rum, Spiked Ice ice pops and organic mixes. Long Lake Animal Rescue is a nonprofit located on 40 acres. It provides a safe and loving environment […]
Lightning Labels Provide Eco-Friendly Labeling Options
Responding to increasing consumer demand for environmentally-conscious products, Lightning Labels is offering eco-friendly packaging options to producers. Denver, Colorado-based Lightning Labels offers three of the most popular labeling types on the market today: kraft labels, recycled vellum labels and BioStone labels. Recycled kraft labels and stickers are produced from 100 percent post-consumer waste. “Kraft labels […]
Retail Business Services Assists Ahold Delhaize With Supply Chain
Retail Business Services has implemented a forecasting and replenishment solution for Ahold Delhaize USA using technology from Relex Solutions. The end-to-end forecasting will help provide more fresh produce to customers weekly via in-store purchasing, pick-up or online delivery. Ahold Delhaize USA local brands along the East Coast are included in the implementation, including Food Lion, […]
Peckish Hires Industry Veteran Zampardi As VP Of Sales
Peckish has hired former AccelFoods partner Frank Zampardi as VP of sales. Zampardi returns to the Sonoma Brands team, with whom he helped build Krave Jerky through the company’s acquisition by Hershey. Prior to Krave Jerky, Zampardi was part of the leadership teams at Glaceau and Pirate Brands. “I’m a consumer first and foremost, and […]
Alliance Retail Group Works With RSA America On Loyalty Platform
Alliance Retail Group is working with supermarket technology company RSA America to develop a loyalty platform for customers. RSA will provide a loyalty platform that promotes profit opportunities, customer engagement and real-time analytics. “This strategic partnership will benefit members and vendors alike because RSA has helped customers grow sales through their platform. We have seen […]
Great Basin Brewing Co. Kicks Off Beers & Beasts Series
Great Basin Brewing Co. is working with the National Geographic Society, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, University of Bonn and the German Research Foundation on its Beers & Beasts series. Scientists will be revealing their latest findings, including rare discoveries of species previously unknown to science as well as challenging our understanding of the […]
Morten Hansen Keynotes United Fresh Convention
Management expert Morten Hansen will be the keynote speaker at the United Fresh Convention & Expo scheduled for June 10-12 in Chicago. Hansen is scheduled to speak June 11 at the breakfast general session. The convention and expo is at the McCormick Place Convention Center. Hansen is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller […]
StixFresh Sticker Extends Freshness Of Fruit Naturally
StixFresh has come up with a way to extend the freshness of fruit naturally with a sticker. The company claims the stickers can extend the shelf life of fruits for up to two weeks longer. An all-natural compound contained on the sticker creates a protective layer around the fruit. Scientists at StixFresh have used a […]
Sprig Said To Be Most Widely Distributed CBD Beverage In U.S.
With distribution now covering 17 states, Los Angeles-based Sprig says it is now the most widely-distributed CBD beverage in the United States. The company’s distribution agreements with independent Anheuser-Busch and Pepsi wholesalers gave the beverage entrée into eight additional states, the company said March 26. Cannabis-infused Sprig now is sold in more than 4,000 accounts […]
Sunwink Sparkling Detox Ginger Herbal Tonic Available Nationwide
Sunwink Detox Ginger Herbal Tonic, launched in 2018, is now available nationwide. Sunwink also makes Tumeric Cleanse and Immunity Berry flavors. Consumers can purchase Sunwink products online or at 150 stores in the San Francisco Bay area or Erewhon in Los Angeles. Since Sunwink launched Sparkling Detox Ginger in 2018, the company had to increase […]
Pennsylvania Attorney General Shapiro To Keynote Annual Conference
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro will be the keynote speaker at the Pennsylvania Food Merchants Association‘s (PFMA) Annual Conference in May. “As Pennsylvania’s top law enforcement official, Attorney General Shapiro has fought for protections for seniors, veterans and businesses as well as implemented measures to safeguard consumers from scams and fraud,” said PFMA President and […]
Meijer To Stock Eastside Distilling’s Redneck Riviera Whiskey
Redneck Riviera Whiskey from Eastside Distilling will be sold in about 200 Meijer stores in the Midwest, including Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. Portland, Oregon-based Eastside Distilling, which makes Redneck Riviera Whiskey, announced its authorization agreement with Meijer on March 22. “We are very excited to be working with Meijer, one of the preeminent […]
Seal The Seasons Carrying Message Of Farmland Preservation
American Farmland Trust (AFT) is teaming up with Seal the Seasons to raise consumer awareness of the threats to the land that produces their food. North Carolina-based Seal the Seasons packages and markets frozen produce sourced from local family farms. Washington, D.C.-based AFT organized the national movement No Farms No Food. Seal the Seasons will […]
Raley’s Food For Families Names 2019 Board Officers
Raley’s Food For Families has named the officers of its 2019 board of directors, with Jennie Teel-Wolter as board president and Heather Dubinetskiy as VP. Other approved officers include Raley’s executive team members Ken Mueller, CFO; Kevin Konkel, chief operations officer; and Becca Whitman, senior manager of community relations for Raley’s and executive director of […]
NEPC Reveals Retailer Roundtable Panelists For May 1 Event
The New England Produce Council (NEPC) and the Organic Produce Network (OPN) have revealed the retailer participants for the roundtable session at the New England Organic Produce Conference, to be held May 1 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Brian Fleming of Stop & Shop, Kevin Barry of Big Y and Mark Jewell of Hannaford […]
Icelandic Provisions To Debut Krimi In Summer 2019
Icelandic Provisions in New York, makers of cultured dairy products, is introducing a new line of skyr called Krímí. Skyr and yogurt are both cultured dairy products, but the cultures that make them are different. The original cultures used to make skyr impart a creamy flavor whereas yogurt cultures may provide a sour, tart taste. Krímí […]
